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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: UUCP timeout on role change/ sendmail problems ISC 2.0.2
Keywords: uucp sendmail
Message-ID: <117@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 17:34:21 GMT
References: <freiss.656846590@peun33>
Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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freiss@nixdorf.de (the hacker) writes:

>2.5) From time to time, I find "C.sysname0000" files in the uucp
>   spool directory for sysname, with length 0 and no related D file.
>   Someone creates this file from time to time (sendmail?).
>   It's not a leftover from a uucp connection. Who creates it
>   and why? This is probably a bug (0000 is not a valid sequence number
>   to use at this time).

	If these files appear with some regularity, "sysname" is likely
one of your "poll" sites. If it's listed in /usr/lib/uucp/Poll, it will be
created by uudemon.poll, and acted upon by uudemon.hour. (Check crontab
files for uucp and root to see when these are being run.) uudemon.poll
*does* create dummy files with a 0000 suffix under SCO UNIX' HDB.

							shwake@raysnec